Teen Drinking and the Media

Teen Drinking: Glorification in the Media A teenager dies in a car accident because he was drinking all night. “Don’t drink and drive,” he joked. “Pull over and chug!” That may have been funny an hour ago, but now he’s dead, and no one is laughing. This story is not true, but alcohol related deaths among teens are increasing more and more every day. Some people believe the parents are to blame for …

…www.alcoholismhelp.com/help/youth/qa.html). They also go on to say that alcoholism can appear among teens whose parents have the disease. While this may be so, it cannot be forgotten that commercialization and glorification of alcoholic beverages in the media is also causing an increase in teen drinking. What if teenagers never saw a commercial or a billboard glorifying an alcoholic beverage? Would there be as many teens drinking? Think about it.